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Tuesday, July 13, 2021

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Daily Digest

Senate

Chamber Action
Routine Proceedings, pages S4835-S4869
Measures Introduced: Twenty bills and two resolutions were introduced,
as follows: S. 2317-2336, and S. Res. 298-299.
Pages S4854-55
Measures Passed:
ARTS Act: Senate passed S. 169, to amend title 17, United States
Code, to require the Register of Copyrights to waive fees for filing an
application for registration of a copyright claim in certain
circumstances.
Page S4860
Tribal Child Support Enforcement Act: Committee on Finance was
discharged from further consideration of S. 534, to improve the
effectiveness of tribal child support enforcement agencies, and the
bill was then passed.
Page S4860
Construction Consensus Procurement Improvement Act: Committee on
Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs was discharged from further
consideration of H.R. 26, to amend the Consolidated Appropriations Act,
2021, to correct a provision on the prohibition on the use of a reverse
auction, and the bill was then passed.
Pages S4860-61
Motion to Discharge Abruzzo Nomination: Pursuant to S. Res. 27,
Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions being tied on the
question of reporting, the Majority Leader made the motion to discharge
the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions from further
consideration of the nomination of Jennifer Ann Abruzzo, of New York,
to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board.
Pages S4843-51
By 50 yeas to 48 nays (Vote No. EX. 257), Senate agreed to the motion
to discharge the nomination of the nomination of Jennifer Ann Abruzzo,
of New York, to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations
Board, from the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Subsequently, the nomination was placed on the Executive Calendar
pursuant to the provisions of S. Res. 27, relative to Senate procedure
in the 117th Congress.
Page S4851
Samuels and Nanda Nominations--Agreement: A unanimous-consent agreement
was reached providing that at approximately 10 a.m., on Wednesday, July
14, 2021, Senate resume consideration of the nomination of Jocelyn
Samuels, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Equal Employment
Opportunity Commission; that the motions to invoke cloture filed on
Monday, July 12, 2021, ripen at 11:30 a.m.; that if cloture is invoked
on the nomination of Jocelyn Samuels, Senate immediately vote on the
motion to invoke cloture on the nomination of Seema Nanda, of Virginia,
to be Solicitor for the Department of Labor; that if cloture is invoked
on either of the nominations, all post-cloture time expire at 2:35
p.m., and Senate vote on confirmation of the nominations in the order
in which cloture was invoked.
Page S4861
Nominations Confirmed: Senate confirmed the following nominations:
By 73 yeas to 24 nays (Vote No. EX. 254), Uzra Zeya, of Virginia, to
be an Under Secretary of State (Civilian Security, Democracy, and Human
Rights).
Pages S4837-42
By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 256), Julie A. Su, of California,
to be Deputy Secretary of Labor.
Pages S4842-43
During consideration of this nomination today, Senate also took the
following action:
By 50 yeas to 47 nays (Vote No. EX. 255), Senate agreed to the motion
to close further debate on the nomination.
Page S4842
Nominations Received: Senate received the following nominations:
Rachel Jacobson, of the District of Columbia, to be an Assistant
Secretary of the Army.
Julia Ruth Gordon, of Maryland, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Housing and Urban Development.
Alexander Hoehn-Saric, of Maryland, to be Chairman of the Consumer
Product Safety Commission.
Alexander Hoehn-Saric, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the
Consumer Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from
October 27, 2020.

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Mary T. Boyle, of Maryland, to be a Commissioner of the Consumer
Product Safety Commission for a term of seven years from October 27,
2018.
Sara C. Bronin, of Connecticut, to be Chairman of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation for a term expiring January 19, 2025.
Julieta Valls Noyes, of Virginia, to be an Assistant Secretary of
State (Population, Refugees, and Migration).
Mallory A. Stewart, of the District of Columbia, to be Assistant
Secretary of State (Verification and Compliance).
Claire D. Cronin, of Massachusetts, to be Ambassador to Ireland.
Claire A. Pierangelo, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Madagascar, and to serve concurrently and without additional
compensation as Ambassador to the Union of the Comoros.
Bathsheba Nell Crocker, of the District of Columbia, to be
Representative of the United States of America to the Office of the
United Nations and Other International Organizations in Geneva, with
the rank of Ambassador.
Michael Carpenter, of the District of Columbia, to be U.S.
Representative to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe, with the rank of Ambassador.
Amy Gutmann, of Pennsylvania, to be Ambassador to the Federal
Republic of Germany.
Jeffrey M. Hovenier, of Washington, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Kosovo.
Virginia E. Palmer, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
Ghana.
Jack A. Markell, of Delaware, to be Representative of the United
States of America to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development, with the rank of Ambassador.
Chantale Yokmin Wong, of the District of Columbia, to be United
States Director of the Asian Development Bank, with the rank of
Ambassador.
Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be Representative of the United States
of America on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations,
with the rank of Ambassador.
Lisa A. Carty, of Maryland, to be an Alternate Representative of the
United States of America to the Sessions of the General Assembly of the
United Nations, during her tenure of service as Representative of the
United States of America on the Economic and Social Council of the
United Nations.
Denise Campbell Bauer, of California, to be Ambassador to the French
Republic, and to serve concurrently and without additional compensation
as Ambassador to the Principality of Monaco.
Peter D. Haas, of Virginia, to be Ambassador to the People's Republic
of Bangladesh.
Bernadette M. Meehan, of New York, to be Ambassador to the Republic
of Chile.
Eric M. Garcetti, of California, to be Ambassador to the Republic of
India.
Fagan Harris, of Maryland, to be a Member of the Board of Directors
of the Corporation for National and Community Service for a term
expiring October 6, 2023.
Betty Y. Jang, of Illinois, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees
of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term expiring
December 10, 2023.
Audrey K. Schuster, of Massachusetts, to be Member of the Board of
Trustees of the Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation for a term
expiring December 10, 2025.
Dennis DeConcini, of Arizona, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees
of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education
Foundation for a term expiring April 17, 2026.
Joseph M. Green, of North Carolina, to be a Member of the Board of
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education
Foundation for a term expiring March 3, 2022.
Barbara George Johnson, of New Jersey, to be a Member of the Board of
Trustees of the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education
Foundation for a term expiring February 4, 2026.
Mildred Otero, of Florida, to be a Member of the Board of Trustees of
the Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation
for a term expiring August 11, 2026.
Jose Javier Rodriquez, of Florida, to be an Assistant Secretary of
Labor.
Gerald W. Fauth, of Virginia, to be a Member of the National
Mediation Board for a term expiring July 1, 2023.
Linda A. Puchala, of Maryland, to be Member of the National Mediation
Board for a term expiring July 1, 2024.
Ernest W. DuBester, of Virginia, to be a Member of the Federal Labor
Relations Authority for a term of five years expiring July 1, 2024.
Sean C. Staples, of the District of Columbia, to be an Associate
Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia for the term of
fifteen years.
Jane M. Beckering, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge
for the Western District of Michigan.
Shalina D. Kumar, of Michigan, to be United States District Judge for
the Eastern District of Michigan.
Michael S. Nachmanoff, of Virginia, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Armando O. Bonilla, of Virginia, to be a Judge of the United States
Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
Carolyn N. Lerner, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the United States
Court of Federal Claims for a term of fifteen years.
Toby J. Heytens, of Virginia, to be United States Circuit Judge for
the Fourth Circuit.
Jennifer Sung, of Oregon, to be United States Circuit Judge for the
Ninth Circuit.
Patricia Tolliver Giles, of Virginia, to be United States District
Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia.
5 Air Force nominations in the rank of general.
32 Army nominations in the rank of general.
2 Marine Corps nominations in the rank of general.
3 Navy nominations in the rank of admiral.
1 Space Force nomination in the rank of general.
Routine lists in the Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy.
Pages S4862-69
Measures Placed on the Calendar:
Page S4852
Executive Communications:
Pages S4852-54
Executive Reports of Committees:
Page S4854
Additional Cosponsors:
Pages S4855-57
Statements on Introduced Bills/Resolutions:
Page S4857
Additional Statements:
Page S4852
Authorities for Committees to Meet:
Pages S4857-58
Privileges of the Floor:
Page S4858
Record Votes: Four record votes were taken today. (Total--257)
Pages S4842-43, S4851
Adjournment: Senate convened at 10 a.m. and adjourned at 6:32 p.m.,
until 10 a.m. on Wednesday, July 14, 2021. (For Senate's program, see
the remarks of the Acting Majority Leader in today's Record on page
S4861.)